Starlink continues to redefine internet access worldwide, with over 5,600 operational satellites in orbit as of July 2025. Their consistent expansion enhances coverage, speeds, and reliability for both business and residential users. Businesses now benefit from faster download speeds, better upload consistency, and ultra-low latency even in rural or maritime environments.
This progress has enabled companies in previously underserved regions to compete globally without connectivity limitations.
Businesses today require stable internet to support VoIP, cloud apps, VPNs, and remote collaboration tools. Starlink delivers these capabilities even in off-grid or remote locations where traditional ISPs fail to reach.
Its low-earth-orbit satellite design ensures data travels shorter distances than geostationary satellite services, resulting in significantly lower latency. From construction sites to emergency response teams, Starlink empowers critical operations without long infrastructure wait times.
Selecting the correct Starlink dish remains crucial for businesses to ensure compliance, optimal speeds, and operational reliability. Starlink currently offers two main dish options: the Enterprise dish and the Flat High-Performance dish.
While both have seen design improvements in 2025, their usage approvals and technical capabilities differ significantly. The choice of dish directly impacts your network’s performance and your eligibility to use certain Starlink service plans legally.
The Starlink Enterprise Dish is a newer offering from Starlink that’s intended for commercial users.
While not as ‘beefy’ as the High Performance Dish, it still has a larger, more robust design than the standard Starlink residential terminal.
Like the High Performance dish, it of course supports high-demand applications like video conferencing, cloud computing, and large-scale data transfers, making it ideal for enterprises, government agencies, and emergency responders.
Starlink’s low-latency, global coverage ensures seamless connectivity even in areas with limited infrastructure.
The Flat High-Performance dish is engineered for business users, marine environments, emergency responders, and mobile commercial operations. It offers a wider 140-degree field of view, ensuring connections with multiple satellites for maximum reliability. Weighing around 13 pounds, this dish consumes up to 150 watts, features a robust build, and carries an IP56 rating for superior dust and water resistance.
Its triple-antenna array provides enhanced bandwidth and lower latency, supporting download speeds of up to 250 Mbps for Priority and Mobile Priority plans.
Integrated thermal management melts snow and ice quickly, maintaining performance even in high temperatures of up to 122°F. Businesses relying on mission-critical applications benefit from this hardware’s consistent connectivity even in harsh weather conditions.
Starlink continues to offer four primary service plans categorized for residential and business use: Standard, Mobile, Priority, and Mobile Priority.
Each plan is linked to specific dish types and intended usage scenarios, which businesses must align with to remain compliant. Choosing an incorrect plan can result in performance issues or potential service termination, especially if commercial users attempt to operate on residential plans.
Priority plans provide guaranteed bandwidth and ultra-low latency for fixed-site business operations. Mobile Priority plans are designed for moving applications such as maritime vessels, food trucks, mobile offices, and emergency response vehicles. These plans deliver the highest prioritization on the Starlink network, ensuring that businesses experience minimal slowdowns even during network congestion.
Standard plans remain tailored for home users requiring stable, everyday internet at a lower cost. Mobile plans serve travelers, RV owners, and digital nomads who need flexibility across different regions. However, neither plan is authorized for commercial business operations. Using these residential plans for business purposes violates Starlink’s terms of service and risks account suspension.
Each Starlink plan now comes with defined ‘data caps’. For example:
> Business ranges: 50Gb - 2TB
Starlink Business priority plans offer full-speed Priority Data for high-performance tasks like video calls, cloud computing, and large file transfers. Once the allocated Priority Data is exhausted (e.g., 3TB–6TB for Business plans), service switches to Standard Data— where speeds are deprioritized during network congestion.
If a business user doesn’t purchase additional Priority Data, they’re automatically throttled to Standard Data. Speeds may resemble early-2000s DSL— barely sufficient for email or basic browsing but inadequate for modern business needs.
Priority data is critical for businesses that cannot afford internet disruptions. This data tier guarantees the fastest download and uploads speeds with the lowest latency by ensuring your usage is prioritised over standard traffic. Once your Priority data allocation is exhausted, you continue on unlimited Standard data, but at reduced speeds depending on network congestion levels.
Here is the latest performance breakdown:
The Priority and Mobile Priority plans now reach up to 250 Mbps for downloads, supporting demanding business workflows. Latency remains lowest for Priority fixed-site plans, making them ideal for real-time data applications and cloud-dependent teams.
Starlink’s Priority plans include expedited portal support, promising improved response times. However, Standard and Mobile plan users rely solely on the chatbot portal system. Managed Starlink providers like Metro Wireless bridge this gap by offering 24/7/365 live NOC support with direct escalation to Starlink tier-2 engineers. This ensures rapid problem resolution and uninterrupted operations for business users.
Using the Standard residential plan for any business operations violates Starlink’s terms of service and can result in immediate disconnection. Similarly, operating mobile businesses on fixed-site Priority plans is prohibited. Businesses requiring in-motion connectivity must select Mobile Priority plans to ensure legal and reliable use.
For most small and medium-sized businesses, the Priority 1TB plan paired with the Flat High-Performance dish provides the ideal balance of data, speed, and cost. Large enterprises with high user volumes or bandwidth-intensive applications should consider the Priority 2TB plan. The 40GB Priority plan remains suitable for failover or backup connections to support business continuity strategies.
Metro Wireless offers fully managed Starlink services, including compliance consultation, professional installation, performance optimization, and 24/7 monitoring. This eliminates the risks of misconfiguration, ensures rapid technical support, and maximizes ROI by keeping your business operations connected and competitive.
Starlink has redefined business connectivity in 2025, enabling companies of all sizes to thrive without the limitations of traditional ISPs. Choosing the right dish and plan ensures operational compliance, speed, and long-term reliability.
Partnering with Managed Service Providers like Metro Wireless elevates this experience further, unlocking true scalability and performance for your mission-critical operations.
Here's the best part. If Starlink's 2025 data caps got you stressed? Avoid throttling and bill shock with Metro Wireless's hybrid Peplink solutions - we'll keep you at full speed without breaking the bank!
Contact us today at Sales@metrowireless.com and experience the future of seamless connectivity.
Tyler Hoffman
CEO
